Yeah... running away from home sounds good. A back-pocket idea right now, as I'm enjoying the kidlets. It helps that they're being enjoyable, i.e.: not fighting. Helps a lot, as I always try to tell them.

Dad is not an overly patient man, but is a lot more so if the patience is not wasted on constant squabbling over nothing.

Haven't had Thai food in a while now. (Why do I so often leave these posts hungry?) Mmmm. Of course, one of my faves would probably not do it for you... Squid Pik Pow, with extra "pow!"

Interesting shoo-fly. We had that, but the way my Nana made it, it was like a pecan pie without the nuts. That sounds way different. Hm. I'll have to investigate.

I think farms smell good, too.

You need 12 more hours in a day? No, what you need is less stuff on your to-do list, at least for one day. Mrs. Cricket is the same way.

Lessee. . . You're grandmother to a hamster and a fish. . . I won't even ask. . . ;)

Jen grew up in a farm community in Michigan's 'Thumb'; she also loves the smell of a freshly-manured field. One of my previous workplaces was directly across the road from my alma mater's research farm, and an east wind in the springtime would bring Eau de Manure across the road, inundating our senses, to the point that everything you ate tasted like manure. That was less than fully pleasant. . .

And of course, I get a big kick of the fact that you use words like 'groovy'. . . ;)